Culture

Walking While Black

Encounters with police in New York City.

Garnette Cadogan

In Ixcanul, Guatemala’s First-Ever Oscar Entry, Feminism Erupts in a Small Mayan Community

Filmed entirely in Kaqchikel, Jayro Bustamante’s new movie explores a clash between reproductive rights and tradition.

Michael Atkinson

Can There Be a Party of the Left in Britain?

Party brass may not like it, but Jeremy Corbyn's popularity could herald a new era for Labour.

Jane Miller

Werner Herzog Wants To Know: “Does the Internet Dream?”

In Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, the septuagenarian filmmaker explores online gaming, self-driving cars and soccer-playing robots.

Michael Atkinson

James Baldwin’s Many Heirs

In the essay collection The Fire This Time, a new generation of Black writers keeps Baldwin's flame alight.

Erin Aubry Kaplan

Sim City and the Worst Ways to End Homelessness

The neoliberal mindset doesn't compute with ethical public policy.

Rebecca Burns

These Newly Restored Indie Films from Cinema’s Early Days Show Black Life From a Black Perspective

A five-disc DVD set offers a glimpse into pre-civil rights era black culture.

Michael Atkinson

Filmmakers Adapt John le Carré’s Spy Novels for the Age of Snowden

The BBC miniseries The Night Manager and new film Our Kind of Traitor fumble with morality and power.

Jake Blumgart

Socialism for Beginners

The radical Left is becoming more mainstream—and conservatives are taking note.

Richard Seymour

Donald Trump’s Fingers Were Always Short

In business as in politics, there's never been much behind the splashy surface.

Chris Lehmann

Shuffling Off the Mortal Coil

On the passing of my friend, Daniel Aaron.

Jane Miller

In Gaza, the Drones Never Sleep

Atef Abu Saif's wartime diaries offer a chilling voice of witness from Israel's 50-day bombardment of Palestine during Operation Protective Edge.

Nancy Kricorian

The Tragedy of Brexit

In Thursday's Brexit referendum, Britain decided its fate. But what will that fate be?

Jane Miller

Sex, Violence and Unions

Workers in porn and wrestling face similar obstacles to effective labor organizing—and may need to work together.

Jetta Rae

Capitalism’s Favorite Show

Undercover Boss is a mirage.

Michael Terry

A French Take on John Wayne

When a French family tries to hold on to the past, it doesn't end well.

Michael Atkinson

Requiem for an American Dream

Between fiction and reality in rural Louisiana.

Michael Atkinson

The View From Today’s Versailles

A new book by Michelle Fields, former Breitbart reporter, rightly skewers our political class—but suffers from a case of hypocrisy

Chris Lehmann